My name is Dave, and I grew up in Minnesota listening to the many punk & hard core bands that I'm featuring here. More important though, is that I'm not just posting the stuff that like, but I'm making an attempt to document every band that had something to do with the punk scene in Minnesota. From your Husker Du & Replacements to Dirt Poor & the Kung Fools. Bands that played bars, and bands that played basements and garages. I'd like it all represented here.
I'd also like your help. I can't possible do it all by myself, so if you want to see something here, let me know. If you see something on the net that deserves a mention here, let me know. If you'd like to contribute, let me know.
If you are in a band that I've posted here, and you want your stuff removed, just ask, and it will be removed. Most of my posts are links to other people's posts. Some of it is from my personal record collection. It is my intent to only post stuff that you can not otherwise buy. Long out of print stuff. If I link to stuff that is in print, I will try to include a link to actually purchase it. That won't happen very often though, since I try to post only stuff that I know to be out of print. If the band has an official website, I'll try to post a link to it. If I get something wrong, or you'd like to contribute something, let me know.
All I ask is that you enjoy the crap I post and if you have any suggestions, send me an email at: webbastard at mnpunk.com
I love those early cassette demo tapes from the 80’s….before CD’s and MP3’s, cassette tape demos and compilation tapes are how bands got their names around. Most bands did exactly what EGFC did, stuck a boom box in the corner of their parents basement while they rocked out their best tunes. Then they sold or gave away as many as they could to get the name around and hopefully get a show. I remember heading to the local record store (in my case Northern Lights, FlipSide or Cheapo) and checking out the band demos that sat on the counter. It might take a month to sell out a box of tapes, but it was fun.
Today bands just find a friend with a laptop and a bootlegged copy of ProTools, and they make a pretty slick sounding recording that they can post to a MySpace page for the whole world to hear. Times were different back then. Not that having a good sounding recording of your early material is bad, that part is great. But it’s almost too easy now. Anyone can start up a MySpace page in 10 minutes and get all their friends linked to it within a day. No effort. No cost. It’s all free.
Relive those old days with an old crappy demo tape. Done the way old crappy demo tapes were meant to be done.
I apologize to Ollie Stench, who clued me into the posting weeks ago, and I somehow forgot to link it up.
Well, what can I say about the EGFC? A revolving door of friends that get together a few times every few years to play some old and new songs. They’ve been doing it for years.
Head on over to Frequency 7 and download this before Ollie comes to his senses and pull the post! 🙂
In the 80’s, there was no bigger Minneapolis punk band than Hüsker Dü. The Replacements and Soul Asylum had moved on to college rock and would see greater commercial success, but Hüsker Dü’s signing to Warner Bros., leaving SST, was probably the biggest story in punk rock for that decade.
While that signing never got them commercial radio airplay like their local college rockin’ friends, it did put the ball in motion for bands like Nirvana and Green Day to get major label deals and change the face of punk rock in the 90’s.
Grab this bootleg to get a snapshot of Hüsker Dü’s greatness, at the peak of their creative output, just before they imploded. Complements of Days of Our Youth blog.
I used to live with Chad from Downside at the THD house. Chad lived in an entry way between the upstairs hallway and a small deck that was about to fall off the house. Man that house was a shithole. It was a lot of fun though. Chad was Vegan and I fondly remember shaking bloody steaks at him, and for some reason it was always cool for him to borrow my grill to cook his veggies on, but not okay for me to cook my hotdogs in his pans (I did it anyway). I’m kind of a dick.
I haven’t seen or heard this record in years! Really good hardcore.
The masters of Farmcore. The band that put Mankato on the map. Ok, maybe I’m over stating it, but ‘kato had a great scene back in the day, and these guys were pretty much the leaders of it. Great record. Total D.I.Y. Great bunch of guys.
I saw these guys a few times at house parties and what not. I honestly can’t remember what they sound like though. I remember that folks used to refer to them as Kublai Clown though. 🙂
Old school thrash metal, with ties to Megadeth. Read about it over at True Punk & Metal blog.
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